Hi Dennis, I'm sorry to hear about the damage from your nearby lightning strike Your experience highlights the critical importance of bonding together and grounding all conductors entering your home.
That's an excellent step forward Bud. There's no excuse for intentional key clicks but that's exactly the place where the Japanese manufacturers have intentionally put us in 2020. The current generat
Hi Rob, As far as I'm aware, ARRL is completely silent when it comes to excessive bandwidth signals by participants in their contests. CQWW contest directors talk a good game, but its not clear that
Hi Tad, I don't know the specific answer to your question, it depends on the details of the IC-7610 design. The October 2018 QST product review discusses the IC-7610 4 msec keying rise time and the p
Hi John, Look up "key clicks" in the index of your ARRL Radio Amateur's Handbook or read George Grammer's excellent article in October 1966 QST: p1k.arrl.org/pubs_archive/54578 or W8JI's article here
What a great idea Doug! What a concept: contesters help to solve our own problems! Contest logging software developers could enable use of a "59K" signal report. I don't think contest sponsors need t
Hi Art, Well designed radios will not have a problem with 6 msec rise times using the highest CW speeds in use by contesters. YMMV with radios with design inadequacies. 73 Frank W3LPL -- Original Mes
Hi Art, Those of us who aren't pleased with the many new clicky transceivers now on the market might decide to vote with our feet and go elsewhere if a contest sponsor eliminates signal reports from
Hi Barry, It would be confusing only to those operators with key clicks, That's okay with me, they've earned it. ARRL product reviews are much improved in recent years. 73 Frank W3LPL -- Original Mes
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www.arrl.org/news/arrl-seeks-awards-and-programs-assistant ARRL has invited applications for the position of Awards and Programs Assistant at ARRL Headquarters in Newington, Connecticut. This is a fu